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jabber Definition

jab·ber (jabər)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to speak or say quickly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter; gibber

Etymology: LME jaberen: prob. echoic

noun

fast, incoherent, nonsensical talk; gibberish

jabber Related Forms
jab·berer noun
jabber Synonyms

jabber

v.

gibber, chatter, rattle; see babble, cry 3, sound 1, talk 1.

jabber Telecom Definition
Meaningless data introduced into a local area network (LAN), usually as the result of a malfunctioning transceiver, transceiver cable, or network interface card (NIC). See also LAN, NIC, and transceiver.
Jabber Telecom Definition
An XML-based instant messaging (IM) system written as an open source application by Jeremie Miller in 1998. See also IM, open source, and XML.
jabber Usage Examples

Object

  • word: Presently the captain of the pirates stuck his head out of the cabin door, jabbered some unintelligible words and pointed to the sails.

Converse of object

  • select: To publish your own plan, the very first time you need to select the menu option Jabber... Plans... Init my plan.

Modifies a noun

  • server: Hopefully this will make it easier for you to set up your own Jabber server.
  • client: This jabber bot client must be running in order to use the SimLink system.
  • work: More about file transfers in How does the file transfer in jabber work?

Modifying Another Word

  • away: He'll be jabbering away at all our players from the moment they get to the crease.
  • excitedly: Zul and Zel snuffed at the air with suspicion and jabbered excitedly to each other in their halfling tongue.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • away: You seem to think that to be qualified to comment on something simply requires that you can open your mouth and jabber away.

Noun used with modifier

  • talk: Wednesday, 24 August, 2005 Google Talks Jabber - now!
  • someone: How can someone jabber on for so many years and not really say anything?
  • abba: ABBA jabber is a collections of our recently published articles.
  • menu: To publish your own plan, the very first time you need to select the menu option Jabber... Plans... Init my plan.

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